Former U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul tells VOA that Russian President Vladimir Putin has no interest in resolving the conflict in Ukraine because it serves his interest.
McFaul said Thursday that Putin likes the open-ended, low grade military confrontation in the former Soviet republic because it works to undermine the government in Kyiv.
The former U.S. diplomat says none of this is about to change because unlike Mikhail Gorbachev, Putin wants the U.S. as an enemy.
When asked about what Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and other officials in Moscow have described as the United States’ “overt anti-Russian propaganda,” McFaul said …read more
Source: Voice of America
